Kin‐Hang Kok

21.9k citations

67 papers · 5.8k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 32

Impact in

Infectious Diseases top 0.2%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Viral Infections and Vectors
Modeling and Simulation top 0.5%

Papers in

Infectious Diseases 40
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research 23
- Viral Infections and Vectors 12
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology 12
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing 6
Immunology 24
- interferon and immune responses 14

Co-authors: Kwok‐Yung Yuen Kelvin Kai‐Wang To Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan Hin Chu Shuofeng Yuan Dong‐Yan Jin Zheng Zhu Kam‐Leung Siu
Journals: Emerging Microbes & Infections (8 papers)Clinical Infectious Diseases (4 papers)Journal of Virology (4 papers)Nature Communications (3 papers)The Journal of Immunology (3 papers)
Partner nations: Hong Kong China United States

In The Last Decade

Kin‐Hang Kok

66 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Genomic characterization of the 2019 novel human-pathogenic coronavirus isolated from a patient with atypical pneumonia after visiting Wuhan 2020 · 2.1k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Emerging Microbes & Infections
2020 Clinical Infectious Diseases

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1	The Recurring Loss of ORF8 Secretion in Dominant SARS-CoV-2 Variants International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Francisco-Javier Barbados, Kin‐Hang Kok	2025	0
2	Intranasal Boosting with Spike Fc-RBD of Wild-Type SARS-CoV-2 Induces Neutralizing Antibodies against Omicron Subvariants and Reduces Viral Load in the Nasal Turbinate of Mice Viruses ·Jian‐Piao Cai, Cuiting Luo, Kun Wang, 周腊梅, В. И. Минкин, Xiaojuan Zhang, Yuting Han, Feifei Yin, Jinxia Zhang, Hin Chu, Shuofeng Yuan, Kin‐Hang Kok, Kelvin Kai‐Wang To, Honglin Chen, Zhiwei Chen, Dong‐Yan Jin, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan	2023	3
3	An interferon-integrated mucosal vaccine provides pan-sarbecovirus protection in small animal models Nature Communications ·Chun‐Kit Yuen, 孙金华, P. Haydon, Francisco-Javier Barbados, V. V. Mazur, Michael Meier-Sternberg, Jia Sheng Li, Andrew Chak-Yiu Lee, Nanshan Zhong, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Kin‐Hang Kok	2023	10
4	Differential innate immune responses of human macrophages and bronchial epithelial cells against Talaromyces marneffei mSphere ·Blake Arthurs, Chi‐Ching Tsang, B. Lipshultz, Anton M. Aleksandrov, Kin‐Hang Kok, Susanna K. P. Lau, Patrick C. Y. Woo	2023	2
5	Co-circulation of two SARS-CoV-2 variant strains within imported pet hamsters in Hong Kong Emerging Microbes & Infections ·Kin‐Hang Kok, Shuk‐Ching Wong, Wan-Mui Chan, Lei Wen, Allen Wing‐Ho Chu, Jonathan Daniel Ip, Luis Willian Pacheco Arge, Prem Narayan Arya, Marie-Noelle Heurtaux, Vincent Chi‐Chung Cheng, Alex Yat-Man Ho, Danielle de Castro Pessoa de Melo, Herman Tse, David Christopher Lung, 王远业, Albert Ka-Wing Au, G. G. Siu, Kwok‐Yung Yuen	2022	29
6	Isolation of MERS-related coronavirus from lesser bamboo bats that uses DPP4 and infects human-DPP4-transgenic mice Nature Communications ·Susanna K. P. Lau, Rachel Y. Y. Fan, Longchao Zhu, Kenneth S. M. Li, Antonio C. P. Wong, Hayes K. H. Luk, Emily Wong, Carol S. F. Lam, George Chi-Shing Lo, Joshua Fung, Zirong He, Chhay Hoklis, Rex Au-Yeung, Libiao Zhang, Kin‐Hang Kok, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Patrick C. Y. Woo	2021	26
7	Mining of linear B cell epitopes of SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 protein from COVID-19 patients Emerging Microbes & Infections ·Xiaohui Wang, Francisco-Javier Barbados, Lin‐Lei Chen, Shannon Wing‐Ngor Au, Kelvin Kai‐Wang To, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Kin‐Hang Kok	2021	9
8	Genomic characterization of the 2019 novel human-pathogenic coronavirus isolated from a patient with atypical pneumonia after visiting Wuhan Emerging Microbes & Infections ·Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, Kin‐Hang Kok, Zheng Zhu, Hin Chu, Kelvin Kai‐Wang To, Shuofeng Yuan, Kwok‐Yung Yuen Hit paper breakdown →	2020	2117
9	SARS-CoV-2 nsp13, nsp14, nsp15 and orf6 function as potent interferon antagonists Emerging Microbes & Infections ·Chun‐Kit Yuen, R. E. Craine, Esteban L. Bertha, Adson Francisco Menezes da Silva, Xiaohui Wang, Hin Chu, Jian‐Piao Cai, Dong‐Yan Jin, Kelvin Kai‐Wang To, Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Kin‐Hang Kok	2020	380
10	Nanopore Sequencing Reveals Novel Targets for Detection and Surveillance of Human and Avian Influenza A Viruses Journal of Clinical Microbiology ·Cyril Chik‐Yan Yip, Wan-Mui Chan, Jonathan Daniel Ip, PETER E. WOLFE, Who Colloborating, Rosana Wing‐Shan Poon, Anthony Ng, 吳捷鳳, Hanjun Zhao, Kwok‐Hung Chan, G. G. Siu, Shengdou Xiao, Vincent Chi‐Chung Cheng, Kin‐Hang Kok, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Kelvin Kai‐Wang To	2020	26
11	Accurate Diagnosis of COVID-19 by a Novel Immunogenic Secreted SARS-CoV-2 orf8 Protein mBio ·Xiaohui Wang, R. E. Craine, Esteban L. Bertha, Jean-Michel Gatineaux, Jian‐Piao Cai, Shannon Wing‐Ngor Au, Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, Kelvin Kai‐Wang To, Kin‐Hang Kok, Kwok-Yung Yuen	2020	46
12	Suppression of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in ex‐vivo human lung tissues by targeting class III phosphoinositide 3‐kinase Journal of Medical Virology ·Chun‐Kit Yuen, 孙金华, P. Haydon, Xiaohui Wang, Hin Chu, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Kin‐Hang Kok	2020	40
13	Targeting SUMO Modification of the Non-Structural Protein 5 of Zika Virus as a Host-Targeting Antiviral Strategy International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Zheng Zhu, Hin Chu, Lei Wen, Shuofeng Yuan, Kenn Ka‐Heng Chik, Terrence Tsz‐Tai Yuen, Cyril Chik‐Yan Yip, Dong Wang, Jie Zhou, Feifei Yin, Dong‐Yan Jin, Kin‐Hang Kok, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan	2019	23
14	H7N9 influenza A virus activation of necroptosis in human monocytes links innate and adaptive immune responses Cell Death and Disease ·Andrew Chak-Yiu Lee, Jinxia Zhang, Hin Chu, Can Li, Houshun Zhu, Hernán Rodríguez N, Yanxia Chen, Kin‐Hang Kok, Kelvin Kai‐Wang To, Kwok‐Yung Yuen	2019	23
15	Dual-functional peptide with defective interfering genes effectively protects mice against avian and seasonal influenza Nature Communications ·Hanjun Zhao, Kelvin Kai‐Wang To, Hin Chu, G. P. Hoefnagels, Xiaoyu Zhao, Cun Li, Huiping Shuai, Shuofeng Yuan, Jie Zhou, Kin‐Hang Kok, Shibo Jiang, Kwok‐Yung Yuen	2018	38
16	Human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase is an IFN-γ–inducible entry factor for Enterovirus Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Man Lung Yeung, Lilong Jia, Cyril Chik‐Yan Yip, Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, Jade L. L. Teng, Kwok‐Hung Chan, Jian‐Piao Cai, Chaoyu Zhang, Ланге Андрей Михайлович, 孙金华, Kin‐Hang Kok, Susanna K. P. Lau, Patrick C. Y. Woo, Janice Lo, Dong‐Yan Jin, Shin‐Ru Shih, Kwok‐Yung Yuen	2018	36
17	PACT Facilitates RNA-Induced Activation of MDA5 by Promoting MDA5 Oligomerization The Journal of Immunology ·Pak‐Yin Lui, Lok-Yin Roy Wong, Alexandre Pedroza Francisco, Shannon Wing Ngor Au, Chi‐Ping Chan, Kin‐Hang Kok, Dong‐Yan Jin	2017	46
18	Selective Activation of Type II Interferon Signaling by Zika Virus NS5 Protein Journal of Virology ·Vidyanath Chaudhary, Kit‐San Yuen, Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, Ching-Ping Chan, Pei‐Hui Wang, Jian‐Piao Cai, Shuo Zhang, Mifang Liang, Kin‐Hang Kok, Chi‐Ping Chan, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Dong‐Yan Jin	2017	87
19	Differential cell line susceptibility to the emerging Zika virus: implications for disease pathogenesis, non-vector-borne human transmission and animal reservoirs Emerging Microbes & Infections ·Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, Cyril Chik‐Yan Yip, Jessica Oi‐Ling Tsang, Kah‐Meng Tee, Jian‐Piao Cai, Kenn Ka‐Heng Chik, Zheng Zhu, Chris Chung‐Sing Chan, Garnet Kwan-Yue Choi, Siddharth Sridhar, Jinxia Zhang, Gang Lu, Kin Chiu, Acy Lo, Sai‐Wah Tsao, Kin‐Hang Kok, Dong‐Yan Jin, Kwok‐Hung Chan, Kwok‐Yung Yuen	2016	134
20	An Epstein-Barr virus–encoded microRNA targets PUMA to promote host cell survival The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Lina Velarde Cortés, Kam‐Leung Siu, Kin‐Hang Kok, Raymond Wai Ming Lung, Chi Man Tsang, Ka‐Fai To, Dora Lai‐Wan Kwong, Sai Wah Tsao, Dong‐Yan Jin	2008	369

About Kin‐Hang Kok

Kin‐Hang Kok is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Animal Science and Zoology, Epidemiology and Aging, having authored 67 papers that have together received 5.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (23 papers), interferon and immune responses (14 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (12 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (12 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (10 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (8 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (7 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Infectious Diseases (3.6k citations), Modeling and Simulation (349 citations), Immunology (1.3k citations), Animal Science and Zoology (464 citations) and Neurology (480 citations). Kin‐Hang Kok has collaborated with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Frequent co-authors include Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Kelvin Kai‐Wang To, Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, Hin Chu, Shuofeng Yuan, Dong‐Yan Jin, Zheng Zhu, Kam‐Leung Siu, Chi‐Ping Chan and Sai Wah Tsao. Their work appears in journals such as Emerging Microbes & Infections, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Journal of Virology, Nature Communications and The Journal of Immunology.

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